"Rich play watches, the super-rich say hi to Astra": the AI circle's latest status meme
op7418 · x · 2026-09-06
Blogger op7418 coins a meme riffing on the Chinese saying "the poor mod cars, the rich play with watches" — now the truly wealthy greet Astra. The joke frames top-tier AI subscriptions as the newest status symbol.
It captures the community's collective mood about frontier model pricing tiers and subscription gating.
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